拍品 195
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A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 32":1' SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE FOUR-MASTED STEEL BARQUE MARION LIGHTBODY (1888)
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A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 32":1' SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE FOUR-MASTED STEEL BARQUE MARION LIGHTBODY (1888)

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A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 32":1' SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE FOUR-MASTED STEEL BARQUE MARION LIGHTBODY (1888)
modelled by R.A. Wilson with detailed rig and deck fittings, the hull with simulated plating and 'gun ports' is finished in red below the waterline, black and white and mounted on two turned brass columns on display base with legend within wood-bound plexi-glass cover. Overall measurements -- 9½ x 18½in. (24 x 47cm.) Carry case, historical data
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拍品专文

Completed by D.& W.Henderson in 1888, the Marion Lightbody was registered at 2,131 tons gross and measured 28 feet in length, 42½ feet in breadth and 24 feet in depth. Well-appointed, her decks abounded in teak and brass fittings, she was an exceptionally fine looking four-masted barque and was generally regarded as a fast sailer. By the outbreak of War, she was in Russian ownership until, on the 10th July 1915, her career ended whilst en-route from Valparaiso to Queenstown when she was torpedoed by a German submarine.